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The decision to move someone from their own home into a rest home or nursing home is one that should not be taken lightly. Studies show that once a person enters a nursing home, their life expectancy is greatly reduced and this alone should prompt u...

Families are being stopped from moving their elderly relatives to different residential homes from facilities that they are unhappy with, it has been alleged. The daughter of an 89-year-old woman claims that she and her siblings have been blocked fro...

A residential home for seniors in Paget is at the centre of three separate alleged cases of neglect. Sunny Vale Rest Home on St Michael’s Road claims that it offers “outstanding” care to the elderly, but one former resident told The Royal Gazette tha...

An 81-year-old man suffering from “severe” bedsores was “rescued” by concerned members of the public from a rest home that could not care for him properly — after the National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged (NOSPC) failed to find hi...

Bermuda’s seniors are receiving “deplorable” care in residential facilities and private homes across the Island yet the authorities are failing to act, it has been alleged. An investigation by The Royal Gazette has uncovered a number of cases where e...

Families are being stopped from moving their elderly relatives to different residential homes from facilities that they are unhappy with, it has been alleged. The daughter of an 89-year-old woman claims that she and her siblings have been blocked fro...

Legislation to improve service at the National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged (NOSPC) is coming, according to Health Minister Jeanne Atherden. Speaking in the House of Assembly this morning, the Minister said an initial draft review...

Seniors are suffering abuse and neglect across Bermuda and the agency responsible for investigating is doing nothing about it, Opposition MP Derrick Burgess alleged yesterday. The Shadow Seniors Minister claimed he personally told Health Minister Jea...

The National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged has been accused of failing to investigate an alleged case of elder abuse — the latest in a series of complaints about the publicly funded agency. The office, which receives almost $1 mill...

A damaged roof at Lefroy House has sparked a war of words between the OBA and the PLP. While Shadow Minister for Labour Relations and Seniors Derrick Burgess alleged that the Government prioritised a bus shelter over the senior home, Public Works Min...